Saturday, February 23, 2013

XI - Unchopping A Tree

Unit - 3
Unchopping A Tree - Short Analysis
- W.S Merwin
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The essay , "Unchopping a tree" by W.S Merwin is directive in the sense that its uses lots of direction along with imperative forms of verb to direct the readers for the reversal of chopping th trees. This essay at the surface level seems to be directive but at dipper level pseudo-directive and persuasive. The writer by inviting the readers to process of restoring a felled tree once to persuasive the readers that restoring a tree is impossible task. Therefore the wisdom lies in not chopping down the trees instead of trying to do something impossible.


The writer in this essay seems to direct the readers for the process of restoring a felled tree. In most of the path writer has used many imperative form of verb. 
Restoring a fell tree means getting all mutilated (destroyed) structures such as twigs, branches, leaves, flowers, fruits, bird's nest into their previous position, erecting the trunk of the tree straight and finally infusing life in it.



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